Woohoo & yippee


Just today I ordered a pair of Wyred mAmps from Underwood HiFi. Wow, that guy called me w/in, literally, minutes of my placing the order through Audiogon! Talk about likity-split!
I'm really looking forward to hearing these amps. Many say that they have a sound of their own, neither fully solid state or tube. Can't really imagine what that sound will be. Anyway, just wanted to share my excitement.
peleg
P,

Tell us what your current system is then we can all demonstrate our psychic (or psycho depending on perspective) powers by telling you what to expect in relation to that.
Right now I have my trusty McCormack DNA 1 w/ Rev. A driving a pair of old (circa 1981) B&W 802s w/ APOC circuitry removed and a VMPS passive subwoofer, original Minimax DAC w/ Burson duals and I can't remember what's in the singles positions. I'm waiting to see what the mAmps sound like and then decide to go either w/ Burson or Dexas for the singles. This is all driven from a Mac Mini-MF VLink-either Pure Music or Audirvana Plus. My room is rather small 9 by 13 w/ an 18ft ceiling. So whadya think?
Well, the amp you are using does not appear to be a slouch by any means. Either old or new amp should do fine with those speakers. And room is not big.

I'm thinking you will hear a difference between the two, but perhaps not a huge one on the grand scale of things.

Any tonality, particularly midrange presentation, soundstage, imaging and detail differences noted in particular should be interesting.

I'm guessing McCormack midrange a tad warmer and Icepower midrange more liquid and neutral. Just a guess though based on what I've read about McCormack amp sound in general.

And then there is always the more intangible things like fatigue factor, involvement, etc.

It'll be a fair fight between a very good lean and mean upstart modern amp leveraging a lot of new technology versus a solid but aged veteran. AN interesting bout for sure.

Power bills probably lower with the new amp I'll bet.

P, I'm interested to hear about your findings as you get them. Specs and technology never tell the whole story.

I moved from a 120 w/ch or so Musical Fidelity A3CR stereo amp to Bel Canto 500 w/ch monoblocks, also Icepower (not latest version though). The difference was huge, night/day in most every regard. Also considered Wyreds.

Based on amp specs, I don't think the difference will be as big in your case, but there coudl still be a major difference in that Class D and Class A/B are two way different beasts by design.
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